Example Sentences

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Friedman was threading the needle between short-term contention and long-term sustainability without a formidable challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2021

When Smith moved to television in the title role of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the show was threading a delicate needle.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2019

Now the limousine was threading the narrow streets of Haarlem.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The full, bosomy elms made a tunnel of shade over the yellow and red brick fronts along Commonwealth Avenue, and a trolley car was threading itself toward Boston down its slim, silver track.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Sure enough, a skater on a board was threading his way through the parking lot.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate